Anxious for a quick resolution, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, John O'Donoghue may be forced to step in, having invested 191 million in the new 50,000seater facility.

Wanderers deny that they looked for one thousand tickets for future rugby and soccer games as well as concerts as part of any new deal which would also see the IRFU and its co-tenants, Lansdowne and Wanderers, housed together in one building.

IRFU sources say the Division Three club initially looked for this amount of tickets on top of their current allowance of 400. They claim the package put to Wanderers is worth 3m and includes financial compensation for loss of earnings from the pavilion, a grant to improve the club's facilities at Merrion Road and a complimentary hospitality suite for the lifespan of the new stadium.

But sources within the club have stated that their demands were laid out in a letter sent to the IRFU on 6 February and that the ticket demand played no part.

Instead the club's delegation would happily settle for what has been offered to Lansdowne RFC. At present Wanderers are unhappy with both the size and location of the replacement facilities on offer in the new arrangement.